Committee service

House of Representatives Standing: Aboriginal Affairs from 8.10.87 to 4.5.92 (Chair from 6.4.89 to 19.2.90); Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 4.5.92 to 8.2.93 and from 8.12.98 to 17.10.07; Indigenous Affairs from 4.12.13; Selection from 16.2.88 to 19.2.90; Privileges from 16.5.90 to 8.2.93 and from 10.5.07 to 17.10.07.

Joint Statutory: Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund from 8.12.98 to 31.8.04.

Joint Standing: Electoral Matters from 21.11.89 to 19.2.90; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 8.12.98 to 17.10.07; National Capital and External Territories from 8.12.98 to 17.10.07 and from 4.12.13.

Member, Australian Delegation to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations, New York, May 2005.

Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, October 2005.

Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Hong Kong, December 2005.

Member, Parliamentary Delegation to New Zealand, July 2006.

Official visits to USA, January 2008; Solomon Islands, February 2008; East Timor, April 2008; Canada and USA, July 2008; France, UK and Belgium, September-October 2008; Vietnam, October 2008; United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, January 2009; Timor-Leste, April 2009; United Arab Emirates, January 2011; USA, March 2011; France and Turkey, April 2011; Greece, May 2011; France, Belgium, Germany and UK, July 2011; Canada, August-September 2011; Republic of Korea, October 2011; United Arab Emirates and Oman, January 2012; Malaysia and Singapore, February 2012; Belgium and France, April 2012; Timor-Leste, May 2012.

Parliamentary party positions

Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Regional and Urban Development, Transport and Infrastructure (Northern Australia and the Territories) from 25.11.01 to 23.8.02; Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Transport, Infrastructure and Tourism (Northern Australia and the Territories) from 23.8.02 to 2.7.03; Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Urban and Regional Development, Transport and Infrastructure (Northern Australia) from 2.7.03 to 8.12.03; Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Urban and Regional Development, Transport and Infrastructure (Northern Australia and Reconciliation) from 8.12.03 to 26.10.04; Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia and Indigenous Affairs from 26.10.04 to 3.12.07; Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for External Affairs from 18.10.13; Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Indigenous Affairs from 18.10.13; Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia from 18.10.13.